PMINYC 2026 Board of Election Candidates

2026 Board of Election

Candidate for President

Christopher Joseph

Biography

Christopher Joseph MBA, PMP, CSAP brings an extensive strategy background in his career working in the financial, city government, and non-profit sectors. He is currently a Director for a NYC Agency where he develops strategy and builds reporting for multiple agency wide initiatives.

Christopher joined PMI NYC in 2019 immediately volunteering on the chapter’s Programs Team demonstrating his desire to give back to the profession. He has also served four years on the Board as the Vice President of Technology. He is known for fostering community and inclusiveness.

As a PMI NYC technology leader, Christopher was responsible for developing the technology strategy and end-to-end capabilities across PMI NYC chapter. Christopher worked closely with his fellow Board members and developed solutions to support the Chapter’s vision and that of the individual departments. He introduced a more streamlined experience for PMI NYC members and created a robust Information Security Program for the chapter centered around Security and Automation.

His achievements include:

1-Redesigning the chapter website.

2-Researching and implementing the chatbot to respond to customers by providing instant resolution, omnichannel support and self-service with a 90% response success rate.

3-Identifying and integrating an enterprise collaboration platform for all PMI NYC volunteers to build customizable business apps, centralize data and communication versus email threads, automate workflows, develop real time dashboards, and introduce granular security controls and cross device access.

4-Sourcing and implementing security awareness training for all chapter volunteers.

5-Directing the integration of DocuSign to enhance workflow efficiencies for the chapter eliminating paper-based bottlenecks for volunteers and contractual documentation.

In the pursuit to increase value to PMI NYC’s customers, members, and volunteers, Christopher works across departments ensuring alignment and integration of enterprise and departmental strategies. His ability to reach across the aisle is fundamental to his success.

He holds the following certifications in ITIL Strategist, Security+ CYSA, and AWS Solutions Architect.

Vision

A world where project professionals turn everyday challenges into lasting business impact.

How?

By:

Empowering project professionals to drive permanent business impact using modern tools and training.

Understanding best practices in PMI NYC core industries and reaching out to partner with those sectors to create a mutually beneficial relationship. My long-term vision is to partner with all sectors our members represent.

Upscaling and developing educational classes and chapter meetings around topics that are most impactful for our membership.

Conducting surveys and gathering data from our members to understand what support they need in the current environment to make a lasting impact.

Fostering a culture of community, innovation and inclusivity.

Providing value to our members.

Candidates for Vice President of Professional Development

Fred Stein

Biography

I started as a programmer; held Management positions as Director of Data Processing for Overseas National Airways, Vice President of Systems and Development for Pagex Systems and Vice President of General Services for Prudential-Bache, with responsibility for Computer Operations, Mail and Printing Operations, Forms Design, Compliance Publications, Records Management and Purchasing. I was also a principal of Global Web UnLtd. Inc., a consulting organization. Clients have included:

Banks: ING Barings, JP Morgan, Citibank, Swiss Bank

Brokerage: Salomon Brothers

Insurance: Metropolitan Life Insurance, Prudential Insurance

Entertainment: CBS Television; Viacom; Paramount Pictures; IDT Entertainment

Other: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dow Jones Telerate, EDS

Vision

My vision of the Vice President of Professional Development role has several components:

To provide learning opportunities for members to be inspired and empowered to achieve their full potential. This includes:

Classes for certifications.

Classes for project management tools.

Classes with soft skills.

Professional Development Day – an event that includes interesting speakers on PM topics, in an environment where attendees can network and collaborate.

Agile and AI Programs – programs focused on communicating information about these relatively recent but extremely important aspects of project management to our members.

Volunteer Development – work with volunteers to expand their toolset and capabilities as volunteers both in their professional lives and in their role with PMINYC.

Candidate for Vice President of Administration & Operations

NO CANDIDATES

Candidate for Vice President of Membership

NO CANDIDATES

Candidate for Vice President of Strategy and Internal Consulting

NO CANDIDATES

Nomination & Election Milestones

July 6, 2026	Nominations Opened
August 3, 2026	Nominations Closed
July 20 - August 12, 2026	Candidates met with the NEC to confirm eligibility
August 26, 2026	Voting begins
September 2, 2026	Voting ends
Election results announced following Board review (date TBD)	Announce results
January 1, 2027	New terms begin

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